Chris Upchurch is the founding winemaker and minority owner of DeLille Cellars in Woodinville, Wash. (Photo by Andy Perdue/Great Northwest Wine) If Cabernet Sauvignon were a celebrity, it would be Sylvester Stallone: strong yet supple, ages well, with a purity of...
Andy Perdue, co-founder of Great Northwest Wine LLC, has moved his regular Wine Knows column to the pages of Great Northwest Wine magazine and its digital home of GreatNorthwestWine.com. (Photo by Eric Degerman/Great Northwest Wine) With the inaugural issue of...
WOODINVILLE, Wash. - Ted Baseler, who led Ste. Michelle Wine Estates through a period of tremendous growth, announced his retirement on Wednesday, Aug. 22, ending a 34-year career with the company, including the last 17 as its president and CEO. Baseler, 64,...
This Leavenworth winery has crafted a Syrah that unveils complex aromas of blueberry, boysenberry, black olive and charcuterie, giving way to notes of leather and spices and backed by full-bodied tannins and lovely oak integration. This won double gold and best of...
Among the most exciting developments in Washington wine country in the past decade is the rising interest in red Rhone varieties. This includes such grapes as Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Cinsault, Counoise, and a few other varieties. Syrah has developed a keen...
As much as any region in Washington, perhaps none is as famous as the Walla Walla Valley. This because of a number of factors, including history, reputation, quality, density of tasting rooms as well as other factors, including natural beauty, culinary scene and...
SEATTLE - As predicted last fall, Washington's wine grape crop fell short of record numbers, according to the annual harvest report released this week by the Washington State Wine Commission. The total crushed last fall added up to 227,000 tons, down 16 percent...
Chardonnay is, and continues to be America's favorite wine. Of course, California leads the way, with 675,000 tons crushed in last fall's harvest, Chardonnay made up a full 16 percent of the state's total. In Washington, while Chardonnay is the No. 1 white grape...
A singular varietal focus gives Oregon a tremendous advantage in an ever-more crowded wine market. When any wine lover around the globe says "Oregon wine," "Pinot Noir" almost always comes to mind immediately. This is thanks to a singular focus dating back to the...
The Wahluke Slope is in a remote and arid section of Washington wine country, an 80,000-acre region that was federally designated as an American Viticultural Area in 2006. It's essentially a 13-mile wide gravel bar formed 15,000 years ago at the end of the last ice...
